The secret to helping your team unlock better health and higher productivity isn’t stashed away in a vault or buried in a business book—it’s actually in your break room. Or at least, it could be! You can steer them in the right direction simply by adding fresh fruit to your snack lineup.
5 Ways Fresh Fruit Can Help Your Team (and Your Company)
Fresh fruit is a small wellness perk, but it can have outsized benefits. Here at The FruitGuys, we’ve delivered colorful, farm-fresh produce to workplaces through our longstanding partnership with Aramark for more than twenty years, so we’ve seen the results firsthand.
Here are just a few of the benefits we’ve heard about from our customers and wellness experts.
1. Better Memory and Cognitive Performance
Fruit is truly brain food. Neuroscience Dietician Erin Nella told us that eating berries and other fresh fruits can increase levels of a molecule called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the brain. That helps people learn new information, form long-term memories, and perform other critical cognitive functions.
2. Enhanced Focus & Productivity
Better brainpower leads to sharper focus and more productive work. Even the act of taking a snack break (helped along by that pretty, colorful fresh fruit calling from the break room) can make employees more efficient. One survey of 10,000 workers found that a short break boosted their productivity by 13%.
3. Sustained Energy Without the Crash
Fruit is high in both fiber and natural sugar, a combination that makes it a particularly healthy snack. Because of the fiber, the sugar doesn’t cause the same spike-and-crash cycle as soda or a candy bar. Instead, employees who snack on fruit get an energy boost without a follow-up slump, helping them power through the workday and stay on task.
4. Better Mental & Physical Health
Eating fresh fruits and vegetables regularly is a great way for employees to improve their overall health. The vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in fruit can help prevent illness, lower blood pressure, and protect against chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Studies show that eating plenty of fresh fruit can lead to a lower risk of anxiety and depression, too, and the high water content in fruits like bananas, melons, berries, oranges, pears, and pineapples is great for a mid-day hydration boost.
5. Fewer Sick Days & Doctors’ Visits
When employees feel better physically and mentally, they’re less likely to take sick days or use their health insurance coverage. Research reported by the World Health Organization found that office wellness programs (which often include preventative wellness measures like office fruit delivery) reduced healthcare costs by 26% and reduced sick leave absenteeism by 27%. We’d love to see more studies done on this, especially on the specific impact of fresh fruit.
Bonus: Easy Mess-Free Snacking
Fruit is as easy to grab and go as a bag of chips or a cookie, but it packs in all of the health benefits above. Plus, it’s low-mess and low-waste!
5 Reasons to Choose Fresh Fruit Delivery
We could talk about the benefits of fruit all day long, but let’s take a second to focus on the perks of getting fruit delivered through a service like Aramark.
1. No More Shopping Hassle
Fruit delivery means no more last-minute grocery store runs or rushed online orders. Instead, you can focus on your work while Aramark delivers your necessities.
2. Never Stress About Restocking
Aramark can set you up with recurring deliveries of The FruitGuys’ fresh fruit, so you don’t have to worry about shopping or checking the break room to see if you’re stocked.
3. Enjoy the Best Flavors of the Season
When you get our fruit delivered, your team can enjoy the best bites of the season, like peaches and plums in the summer and persimmons and pomegranates in the fall—and you don’t need to worry about choosing the right ones.
4. Support Local Farmers
The FruitGuys sources our fruit from small farms whenever we can, and our mixes vary by region because we partner with growers across the country. Every box also helps fund sustainability grants for small farms through The FruitGuys Community Fund.
5. Give Back to Your Community
Fresh fruit delivery from us doesn’t just fuel your team and support farmers—it also helps feed people nationwide. Every week, we donate produce and snacks to people in need through our network of hunger relief partners. Every box of fruit helps improve people’s lives, including folks who are veterans or experiencing homelessness.
Get Fresh Fruit Delivery for Your Workplace
If you’re looking for a wellness and productivity boost for your team, fresh fruit could just be the secret code to help unlock it. Reach out to Aramark to give it a try and enjoy the benefits!
